SC - Niemann-Marcus Cookie Recipe

[Elaine Koogler]

Yeah, I have to say that, when doing an Italian Ren feast, I looked through
Epulario and was so struck by the similarities in even the wording of the recipes
that I theorized that possibly Epulario was a translation of selected recipes from
Platina.  I know that Platina was translated into several different languages,
including English, at a very early time, and wondered if this might not be a book
of selections from that translation!  (My information about the translations came
from Scully).

Kiri

david friedman wrote:

> Lorix and Bear were discussing the relations among Platina's
> cookbook, Martino's cookbook and Epulario, and Bear wrote:
>
> >There are four known existing manuscripts of Martino, so it is possible that
> >one could have been found in Florence at the appropriate time.  While I
> can't comment on whether the recipes in the Epulario are taken from Martino...
>
> I've seen a late period English translation of Epulario--Falconwood
> Press published an edition that was being sold at Pennsic a few years
> ago. There were not just recipes, but sequences of recipes that were
> the same across all three cookbooks. There was even one typo/scribal
> error that was the same across all three: a place where there are a
> set of torta (pie) recipes with quantities given, with an ounce of
> ginger in one and then a pound (!) of ginger in the next one, which
> has got to be a mistake.
>
> Elizabeth/Betty Cook
>
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